Cast:Jackie Shroff, Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Romeo, Dia Mirza, Nauheed Cyrus, Dalip Tahil

Director: Punit Sira

Rating:**

Rural India features in Hindi cinema so seldom now, that any film taking you into the heartland bears taking note of. And the story of `Kisaan’ deals with a real issue —lured by rapacious industrialists, innocent, ignorant farmers sell their land, only to face destitution.

The theme of short term gains vs long-term losses plays out well in Punit Sira’s `Kisaan’ to begin with. Dayal Singh ( Jackie) splits up his sons Aman ( Arbaaz) and Jigar( Sohail) when they are kids : one goes to the city to become a lawyer, the second stays at home, and helps on the farm. Trouble arrives in the shape of Sohan Seth ( Dalip), who dangles a carrot, leading Aman to abandon his roots.

The first half is nice; the second slides into mess. And some not-so-nice moments : the greedy `gaonwalas’, responsible for burning up Dayal Singh’s daughter-in-law ( Diya), are hunted down and killed, one by one, with full encouragement from the Jackie’s patriarch who has, till then, acted with restraint. At that point, `Kisaan’ loses the plot.